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SACRED AND USEFUL PLANTS: LEGUMES The family of legumes is huge. There are string and shell beans from America; scarlet runners and limas from Central America; cowpea or black-eyed peas and asparagus…Continue

The following PowerPoint presentation is self-guided. It explores the variety of flora used in the celebration of Passover from its biblical origin ( Exodus 12, Numbers 9) to modern Jewish practice. Continue

Frankincense (Boswellia sacra)Frankincense literally means “free-burning”.1. Also call Olibanuma. Which may be the Arabic al-luban or “that which results from milking”b. Or it may refer to the “oil…Continue